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BillyJo Dishman
GOTHENBURG — BillyJo Dishman, 34, formerly of Gothenburg, died Feb. 2, 1998, at Denver Medical Health in Denver.
He was born
March 24, 1963, at Gothenburg to Billy B. and Jean Johnston Dishman. He attended Gothenburg Public Schools.
On May 19, 1980, he married Roxanne Anderson at Lexington.
Mr. Dishman had worked as a tree trimmer in the Denver area in recent years.
Survivors include a daughter, Laura Dishman of Overton; a son, Adam of Gothenburg; his parents; a grandson, Keyan Anderson of Overton; his former wife, Roxanne Dishman of Gothenburg; six sisters, Jenny (Tony) Beer of Elm Creek, Vivian (Lee) Kolb of Gothenburg, Conice (Alex) Romero of Cozad, and Jessie Lute, Carolee (Aaron) Martin and Aprilee (Lonnie) Deaver, all of North Platte; a brother, Danny Joe Johnston of Caldwell, Idaho; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents; a niece, Savannah Romero; and a nephew, Mitchell Johnston.
A memorial has been established.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Blase Memorial Chapel with Pastor Larry Viter officiating. Burial will be in the Gothenburg Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Blase Memorial Chapel.
Jefferson O. Lindenmuth
Jefferson Oliver Lindenmuth, 82, formerly of North Platte, died Feb. 5, 1998, at Mitchell Care Center in Mitchell.
He was born
April 28, 1915, to John O. and Sylvia E. Small Lindenmuth at Denmark. He was born
and raised on a farm near Denmark, where he also attended school. He was active in the Civil Service Corp during his younger years.
On June 1, 1937, he married Lois Irene Horn at North Platte. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad as a carman for 33 years, retiring in September 1977. He lived most of his life in Nebraska, except for 12 years in Torrington, Wyo.
Mr. Lindenmuth was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and in his later years he enjoyed caring for his rabbits.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Irene of Lyman; two sons, Allen (Linda) of Lyman and Michael (Ann) of Omaha; a daughter-in-law, Kay Lindenmuth of Huntley, Wyo.; two sisters, Viola Bershers of Tampa, Fla., and Ruby Calhoun of Phillipsburg, Kan.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant son and a son, Howard; his parents; four sisters, Helen Lindenmuth, Thelma Chestnut, Mabel Little and Elsie Cooper; and three brothers, John, Julian and Charles Lindenmuth.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Adams and Swanson Chapel with the Rev. John Borgwardt of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Kearney officiating. Burial will be in Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be noon to 9 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. to service time on Saturday at Adams and Swanson Funeral Home.
Denis Weber
GRANT — Denis Weber, 49, formerly of Grant, died Feb. 4, 1998, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook.
He was born
Jan. 1, 1949, in McCook to Ernst and Roselene Bedore Weber. He grew up on a farm between Trenton and Culbertson, attending grade school in Culbertson and graduating from Trenton High School in 1967. He then attended McCook Community College for two years.
On July 11, 1970, he married Connie Brown at McCook. They moved to Grant in 1971, where he worked for Tatum’s Processing. In 1976, he became the butcher for Skeel’s Jack and Jill. He worked until 1986, when he had to retire because of multiple sclerosis. He was moved to the Grant Nursing Home in 1992 and to McCook in 1993.
He is survived by two sons, Jason of Offut Air Base in Bellevue and Justin of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina; a grandson, Tyler; his parents, Ernst and Roselene Weber of McCook; two sisters, Erlene of Denver and Angela of St. Louis; and a brother, Tilden of McCook.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. MT today at the Grant Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Val Bartek celebrant. Burial will be in the Grant Cemetery.
Bullock-Long Funeral Home is in charge.
Josie White
EDISON — Josie White, mother of Jerry White and sister of Glen Wells, both of Cozad, died Feb. 3, 1998, at Good Samaritan Hospital at Kearney. She was 90.
She was born
April 25, 1907, at Edison and was a lifelong resident of that community.
On Dec. 30, 1941, she married Earl “Dutch” White of Minden. He preceded her in death.
Mrs. White had moved to Cozad six months ago to be near her son, Jerry.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty Brown of Edison and Gloria (Donald) Foster of Salem, Ore.; two sons, Jerry of Cozad and David (Cathryn) of Coventry, R.I.; a brother, Glen Wells of Cozad; 34 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by three daughters, Bonnie, Agnes and Arva; three sons, Ralph, Paul and Tom; and her parents.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Christian Church in Edison with Pastor Ryon Sander officiating. Burial will be in the Oxford Cemetery at Oxford.
Wenburg Funeral Home of Beaver City is in charge.
Orvel C. Christensen
OGALLALA — Orvel C. Christensen, 87, a lifelong resident of Keith and Custer Counties, died Nov. 30, 1998 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, losing his life to complications of diabetes which had held him hostage for a generation.
He was born
March 18, 1911, in the town of Finchville, to Martin and Maria Rookstool Christensen. He spent his childhood years in that region and dropped out of school in the tenth grade to support his siblings. He spent the next ten years working with his mother raising a family of ten children, two of whom, Ova and Valaire, died as toddlers.
Mr. Christensen married E. Fae Christensen at the Courthouse in Stapleton on February 1, 1939. In sixty more days they would have been married sixty years. In the spring of 1941 the family of three moved to Los Angeles. After six weeks of training he went to work at North American and Douglas Aircraft for six years. During this period of time he taught himself to operate a milling machine and made tools and dies working with only his imagination and creativity. When his draft number came up his foreman refused to release him.
In 1946 the family, now numbering four, moved to Keith County where he spent the remainder of his life as a farmer. He was always mindful of his responsibility to leave the land in better shape than he found it.
For ten years, Holstein cows, milking parlors, and a Grade A Dairy Barn kept him busy. In addition, he served on the Board of the Nebraska Dairymen's Association.
One of the dreams of his life was to own a section of irrigated land and that dream was fulfilled when water was located on some dry land he had bought on the High Divide. Now, a rainbow-hurling albatross took the place of worrying over drought and watching the skies for rain.
For another decade he also took on the operation of Paxton Fertilizer, selling anhydrous ammonia throughout the area. Ill health forced his retirement in 1979.
He became a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran on March 14, 1948. Active in this community, he was Chairman of the Paxton Village Board for five years, on the school board of District No. 29 for twelve years, a volunteer member of the Paxton Village Board for five years, Past-president of the Lion's Club; and a Volunteer delivering Meals-on-Wheels for nine years. For these activities and others like them, AkSarBen recognized him as a Good Neighbor in 1986.
He was always on call, honest to a fault and delighted in giving little children a quarter just to see the smile on their faces.
Survivors include his wife Evelyn Fae Christensen of Paxton; a daughter, Bonnie (David) Dudley of Batavia, Ill.; two sons, Keith (Susan) Christensen of Parker, Colo. and Glen (Carolyn) Christensen of Kearney; a sister, Vila Odermott of Hiawatha, Kan.; two brothers, Leno (Ida Mae) Christensen of Corvallis, Ore. and Erman (Doris) Christensen of Topeka, Kan.; Also five grandchildren, Karen, Steven, Andrea, Scott, and Jared.
Two brothers and four sisters preceded him in death, one of whom, Valaire he saved from drowning when he found her floating face-downward in a horse tank.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Paxton, with Rev. Doniver Peterson officiating. Burial in the Paxton Cemetery.
Memorials have been established to the Diabetes Foundation and the Salvation Army.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Draucker Funeral Home in Ogallala. The family will greet visitors from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Don Ohlson
OGALLALA —Don Ohlson, 74, of Oshkosh, formerly of Ogallala, died Nov. 29 at St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island. He was born
Feb. 12, 1924, in Bartley to Carl and Lillian Bead Ohlson. He attended Bartley High School.
Mr. Ohlson entered the U.S. Navy in Dec. 1941. After being discharged in Jan. 1946, he moved to Palisade and worked as a carpenter. In 1948, he married Maxine Stoddard in Cambridge. He moved to Ogallala in 1964. He owned the Lazy J Liquor Store until 1986. He then moved to Burwell to build a sporting goods, gas and bait shop with his son Jerry. He operated this business from 1986 to 1991.
Survivors include a son, Randy of Lewellen; a sister, Bonnell of Vancouver, Wash.; a brother, Stanley of McCook; six grandchildren; Brent of Lewellen, Colby of Tuckerman, Ariz., Cory (Tracy) of Temple, Texas, Clint of Lincoln, Tara (Brad) Snyder of Aurora, Tonya (Dale) Uelich of Omaha; also four great grandchildren.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Draucker Funeral Chapel with Rev. Ray Norris of the First United Methodist Church officiating.
Military graveside rites and burial at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell.
Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala is in charge.
Gerald Baustian
Gerald Joseph Baustian, 76, of North Platte, died Nov. 25, 1998, in a car accident near Lincoln. He was born
on March 23, 1922 in Grinnell, Iowa to Lester and Mary Schwartz Baustian. He attended rural school near Grinnell and graduated from there with the class of 1941.
In September 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served his country with the 8th Air Force in England. He was honorably discharged in November 1945.
On August 7, 1950, he married Rita Ann Brotherson at St. Bridget’s Church in Victor, Iowa. They had nine children.
He farmed in the Grinnell area until 1977 when he came to North Platte and worked with his only sibling, Harlan, in the Westfield Coast to Coast Hardware store. When the store was sold he went to work for Linden Manor in maintenance and worked there until his death. He was highly skilled in woodworking as a clock builder and also loved gardening.
He is survived by his wife, Rita, of Grinnell; children, Gerald Jr. of La Meza, Calif., Teresa and Kathleen of Des Moines, Iowa, Diane Burke of Chesterfield, Mich., Leslie Pijut of Deltmer, Mo., Loretta Baustian of Chicago and Jennifer Hartz of Grinnell; six grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; his brother, Harlan (Arlet) Baustian of North Platte; and a close friend, Mardy Renchler, also of North Platte.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sons, Richard and Danny Baustian.
A local memorial service will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, at the new Linden Court Chapel on West Phillip in North Platte.
Filbert Cornish
BROKEN BOW — Filbert Cornish, 81, of Broken Bow, died Nov. 29, 1998 in Broken Bow.
He was born
March 6, 1917, in Omaha to Lee and Florence Trexler Cornish. He graduated from Callaway High School in 1934, after which he attended the University of Nebraska.
Mr. Cornish was a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Law. He was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 23 years.
On April 19, 1953, he married Eleanor Christensen in Callaway.
He was a member of the First Christian Church in Broken Bow.
Survivors include his wife; nieces, nephews, other family members and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a brother.
Memorials have been established to the First Christian Church in Broken Bow and the Broken Bow Rescue Unit.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Govier Brothers Chapel in Broken Bow with Pastor Jim Stark officiating. Burial will be in the Cliff Cemetery west of Merna.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Govier Brothers Mortuary in Broken Bow.
